Westward Expansion & Sectionalism

William Lloyd Garrison and Frederick Douglas were both abolitionists, but how did they differ?

• Douglas wanted slavery to end through political means
• Garrison believed slavery should end through an amendment
• Douglas believed slaves should fight and overthrow their owners
• Garrison believed that slavery should end through a peaceful protest

If you favored Westward Expansion on the grounds that it was God's will to expand from East Coast to West Coast, then you believed in what? 

• Universal Suffrage
• Manifest Destiny
• Monroe Doctrine
• Abolition of Slavery

What was the political opposition for annexing Texas? 

• Northerners thought it would be seen as an act of aggression and spur a war with Mexico
• Northerners wanted to wait until Andrew Jackson wasn't President
• Northerners feared the South would gain too much of an economic advantage
• Northerners feared the South would gain too much of a political advantage

A reformer of the 1800s who was impacted by writings of Harriet Beecher Stowe, Frederick Douglas, and the Grimke Sisters would have most likely been part of which movement?

• Temperance
• Women's rights
• Civil Rights
• Abolitionist 

What is the territory the U.S. acquired in 1848 identified in the picture? (California, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, Arizona)

• Florida Purchase

• Thirteen Colonies

• Mexican Cession

• Oregon County

The territory the U.S. acquired in 1846 that settled a boundary dispute at the 49th parallel with Britain identified in the picture? 

• Florida Purchase
• Thirteen Colonies
• Mexican Cession
• Oregon County

What is the name given to the belief that the United States had the right and duty to expand across the North American continent?

• Manifest destiny 
• Monroe Doctrine 
• Great Awakening 
• Louisiana Purchase

The primary goal of manifest destiny was

• End slavery in the new territories
• removal of European influence from South America
• expansion westward to the Pacific Ocean
• secession of southern states from the nation

In 1846, war broke out between the United States and Mexico. What was the main cause of this war?

• a dispute over the number of settlers in the Oregon Territory
• issues arising over the boundaries of Texas
• the discovery of gold in California
• the relocation of American Indians from the Southeast

Which area in America was gold found in that gave people all over the world "gold fever" in 1848?

• Texas
• Louisiana
• Oregon
• California